Snail caviar
March 17, 2009 · Print This Article
And who’s to blame? The french, of course!
While the classic wild caviar due to poaching, overfishing and pollution of the Caspian Sea, is getting harder to find each day, alternatives show up. Of course, farmed caviar (from sturgeon roe) being the best ‘substitute’ for the wild thing (and in some farms even surpassing the quality of wild!). Besides farmed caviar there is today a wide offer of other fish eggs that try to get into the luxury dimension. Tobiko, Tarama, Bottarga, Bowin, Lobsviar (roe from Lobster), etc. seem to get their share – altough not on the top of the quality and price pyramid.
Now, the one that really gets tickling my curiousity are the roe from snails – or better ’escargots’ (Hélix Aspera Maxima).
The french company De Jaegers after a period of extensive research has a stock of about 60’000 snails (= 200kg. for the worldmarket). These slippery little bastards (for the ones who saw Pretty Woman) seem to produce some very tasty, pink-white looking eggs. Ok, the truth to be told, I doubt that the above image shows the roe and not some shiny tinny plastic balls…
The snails lay about 100 eggs once a year, which gives aprox. 4gramms of snail caviar. So, about 260 snails are needed to get to 1kg. (!!!).
De Jaeger promises a ‘sensation of a walk in the forest after the rain, mushrooms and oak leaf flavours, the scent of humid moss peat’. And the price range reflects this effort and promise. A 250grm. tin goes over the counter for about 1’000USD. Well, that’s the deal if you want to stay in your cozy home but walk in the forest at the same time.
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sorry Mr or Mrs there..
I have any question for your product? One years ago, I found the great news at BBC… its about price of snail eggs… At BBC comment ” Snail Egg price one gram until $1000 gr.. I am so interest about this, so if the news true, i want to offer my snail egg at your firm. I have special Price one gram for you, $500 gr + 10 gr. YOu want?? so Contact me at bekicot21@ymail.com.
Thanks
Dear Sir,
I thank you for your kind offer. You can find basically anything about fish eggs in general in this blog. But as ZwyerCaviar LLC is focused only on high premium caviar (from sturgeon) we are not interested in snail eggs.
Anyhow, thank you for getting in touch.
Regards,
The Caviarist
I am an American who is interested in the white caviar market and was wondering if you might be willing to direct me to where I might find out more detailed information on this market. I have been unable to find much information on the market and would appreciate any help in finding detailed information or advice. I am actually interested specifically in providing the eggs in a freshly hatched state and letting the masters finish the product. I thought there might be a niche market to help increase their raw product amounts. I f you can help me please contact me via Email or 4516 Zuni Rd SE Suite A, Albuquerque NM 87108 Thank you for your time.